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(No Model.) T. J. FLANIGA-N.

DUMPING CART.

No. 358,192. Patented Peb. z2, 1887.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JON FLANIGAN, OF BUTTE CITY, MONTANA'TERRITORY.

DUMPlNG-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,192, lated February 22, 1887.

` Application led August 6, i886. Serial No. 210,216. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it lnown that I, THOMAS JOHN FLAM- GAN, of Butte City, in the county of Silver Bow and Territory of Montana, have invented a new and Improved Dump-Cart, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the construction of a body for that class of carts commonly called dumpcarts,7 the object of the invention being to provide a cart-body which will successfully withstand thewear and tear incident to the carting of minerals and stones, but which shall be so constructed that the tailboard may be readily removed when it is desired to dump the load carried by the cart.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is aside View of my improved form of cart-body. Fig. 2 is aview of the rear end Fig. Suis a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line oa x of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a detail View illustrating the arrangement of one of the mortises in the rear cross-bar, the tail-board bolt being shown as in position within the mortise, but as removed from the tail-board.

The frame proper of the cart-body consists of a forward cross-bar, 10, sills 11, that are secured thereto in ,any manner desired, intermediate iioor-beams, 12, and a rear cross-bar, 13, which cross-bar is made of iron and is rigidly connected to the sills and the intermediate beams, as clearly shown in the drawings. In orderl that the rigidity and stability of the body may be increased, I arrange auxiliary sills 14 beneath the sills 11, andthe extending ends of these sills 14 are bound with metal bands 15. As best shown in Fig. 2, the rear cross-bar, 13, extends beyond the outer faces of the sills 11, and to these extending ends I secure bracing or stay irons 16, that are bent to the form of a triangle, the base of which is bolted to the crossbar 13, while the outwardlyflaring sides 17 serve as the support for the side-boards 18 of the wagon-body. The forward end of the cart consists of a board, 19, that is held to the forward cross-har,'10, by means of bolts which are secured to the inner face of the board and pass through the crossbar 10, as illustrated. The side-boards 18 are held to the board 19 by means of U-bolts 20, said bolts being secured to the outer faces of the side-boards, but being so arranged that their extending ends will pass through the board 19, there to be engaged by nuts 21, as illustrated. The side-boards and the forward end-board, 19, are bound by metallic strips or bands 22 and 23.

The tail-board 24 is protected by facing or wear plates 25 and 26, the plate 25 being secured to the upper edge of the board, while the plate 26 serves as a protection for the lower edge thereof; and in order that the board may be held from checking or splitting, I pass bolts 2 through the body of the board, and the heads of the bolts 2 are elongated and flattened and have their inner faces rounded off, as shown at 3 in Fig. 3. Elongated slots or mortises 4 are formed in the cross-bar 18 in position so that the elongated heads of the bolts 2 will enter the slots when the tail-board is placed in position at the rear end of the cart.

In order that the accidental displacement of the tail-board may be prevented, I provide circular retaining-irons 5, which are secured to the side-boards 18 and arranged so that their extending ends will pass through apertures 6, formed in the tail-board, the ends of the retaining-irons being slotted to receive pins 7, that are connected to the tail-board by chains 8. Handles 27 are connected to the outer face of the tail-board by means of U-bolts 9.

In addition to the supports described as being arranged in connection with the sideboards 18, Ifprovide each of said side-boards with two or more bolt-shanked straps, 28, said straps being bolted to the inner faces of the boards and their bolt-shanks being arranged to pass through proper apertures formed in the sills 11 and 14, this arrangement being,` best shown in Fig. 3. l

From the construction described it will be seen that after removing the pins 7 the tail board 24 may be removed by grasping the handles 27, pulling the board backward to free it from engagement with the irons 5, and then slightly lifting it to release the elongated heads of the bolts 2 from engagement with the mortises 4 of the cross-bar 13.

rlhis cart, owing to its peculiar construction and the numerous metal facingstrips and the metal crossbar at the rear of the cart, will ICO most effectively withstand the wear and tear due to the loading and unloading of minerals, coal, stone, or any other material that would be likely to wear or injure a cart constructed Without the parts above referred to.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A cart-body wherein the rear cross-bar consists of an iron bar which carries rectangular stay-irons, to which the sides of the cart are bolted, substantially as'described.

2. A cart-body wherein the rear cross-bar consists of an iron bar formed with elongated slots or mortises adapted to receive extensions formed on the tail-board bolts, and wherein the side-boards are supported by triangular stay-irons carried by the said iron cross-bar, substantially as described.

3. In a dump-cart, the combination, with a metallic rear cross-bar formed with mortises 4, ot' stay-irons bent to triangular form and bolted to the cross-bar, a tail-board provided with bolts 2, having elongated heads adapted to fit in the inortiscs 4, retainingirons 5, land pins 7, substantially as described.

4. A tail-board for a cartbody, consisting, essentially, of aboard to which there are secured faeingstrips 25 and 26, and which is provided with bolts 2, substantially as described.

THOMAS JOHN FLANIGAN.

Vitnesses EDWARD F. LiNooLN, FRANCIS T. MCBRIDE. 

